Vegas
by Esperanto
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Tell Me This Is Love
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Kailua
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Love Crusader
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Wishful Thinkin'
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Hollywood
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Kenny's Place
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Elle Est Tres Ellegant
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Theme From Vegas
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about
After the recent reissue of their first eponymous album, Favorite Recordings proudly presents Vegas, the second LP from Venezuelan band Esperanto. Rare and sought-after for many collectors, it was recorded in between Las Vegas and Caracas and originally released in 1981. Following bandleader Jorge Aguilar in his musical trip to the infamous American city bathing into flashing lights and vivid colors, we're invited to an excursion in Disco, Boogie and Jazz-Funk territories. Finally reissued, fully remastered, Vegas will be available as Gatefold Tip-On Vinyl LP.
With great care and attention to details, Esperanto managed to create a very convincing sequel to their Jazz-Funk debuts. Vegas keeps indeed a perfect balance between various influences. Through energic disco beats with intense funky solos, catchy AOR-influenced songs, where Jorge delivers convincing vocal performance, or sunny jazz-funk slow jams, the album still reveals something quite authentic. And this feeling echoes surely the one that could have been felt by Jorge Aguilar while discovering USA on a trip - where it all started for the music he loves. Like sometimes a foreigner's enriching view on some local specialty, he surely brought with the band all his authenticity and young but vibrant experience while convincing at the same time major labels for distribution.
With certain notoriety coming with the release of their first album, Jorge Aguilar and his drummer Pablo Matarazzo planned to go to Los Angeles for a few gigs. But once there, they realized their contact had to leave for Tina Turner's tour in Europe. Before that, he invited them to come along to Las Vegas and eventually meet musicians there. Luckily, the plan worked perfectly: Jorge came back to Los Angeles with a lot of contacts then moved to Boston and NYC before finally coming back to Caracas. He told: "I was so impressed with this trip that I told myself that one day I would return to Los Angeles and Las Vegas. The first tracks I did them in Los Angeles with Kenny More, James Gadson and other session musicians from that city. Later, I took the tracks to Caracas where the musicians of the band recorded overdubs. After that, I returned to Los Angeles to master with Bernie Grundman who was still working in his small studio at A & M records studios in Hollywood. As can be seen in the title of some of the songs like "Hollywood", "Vegas", "Kenny's Place", were only the translation of my experiences at the time."
With great care and attention to details, Esperanto managed to create a very convincing sequel to their Jazz-Funk debuts. Vegas keeps indeed a perfect balance between various influences. Through energic disco beats with intense funky solos, catchy AOR-influenced songs, where Jorge delivers convincing vocal performance, or sunny jazz-funk slow jams, the album still reveals something quite authentic. And this feeling echoes surely the one that could have been felt by Jorge Aguilar while discovering USA on a trip - where it all started for the music he loves. Like sometimes a foreigner's enriching view on some local specialty, he surely brought with the band all his authenticity and young but vibrant experience while convincing at the same time major labels for distribution.
With certain notoriety coming with the release of their first album, Jorge Aguilar and his drummer Pablo Matarazzo planned to go to Los Angeles for a few gigs. But once there, they realized their contact had to leave for Tina Turner's tour in Europe. Before that, he invited them to come along to Las Vegas and eventually meet musicians there. Luckily, the plan worked perfectly: Jorge came back to Los Angeles with a lot of contacts then moved to Boston and NYC before finally coming back to Caracas. He told: "I was so impressed with this trip that I told myself that one day I would return to Los Angeles and Las Vegas. The first tracks I did them in Los Angeles with Kenny More, James Gadson and other session musicians from that city. Later, I took the tracks to Caracas where the musicians of the band recorded overdubs. After that, I returned to Los Angeles to master with Bernie Grundman who was still working in his small studio at A & M records studios in Hollywood. As can be seen in the title of some of the songs like "Hollywood", "Vegas", "Kenny's Place", were only the translation of my experiences at the time."
credits
released January 31, 2022
Album created, conducted and produced by Jorge Aguilar
TELL ME THIS IS LOVE
Composers: Jorge Aguilar, Kenny Moore, Marti Mc Call, Zedryk Turnbough
Horns Arrangements: Alberto Naranjo
Musicians:
Jorge Aguilar: Bass, guitar, lead vocals, arp string ensemble, tambourine, handclaps, background vocals, bells
Kenny Moore: Acoustic piano, background vocals, handclaps
James Gadson: Drums
Sharon Ross: Co-lead vocals, background vocals
Carlos Quintero: Congas, percussión
Gustavo Aranguren: Trumpet
Nelson Hernández: Alto and tenor sax
Alejandro Pérez Palma: Trombone
Handclaps: Douglas Gibson, Dwight Mc Bride, Charles Sweeting, Jerome Wilson
Background Vocals: Madelle Williams, Jerome Wilson
KAILUA
Composer: Jorge Aguilar
Musicians:
Jorge Aguilar: Bass, guitar, acoustic piano, bells, micro moog, clavinet
Marcus Fonseca: Acoustic piano
Pablo Matarazzo: Drums
Gustavo Aranguren: Flugelhorn
Nelson Hernández: Flute
Alejandro Pérez Palma: Trombone
LOVE CRUSADER
Composer: Jorge Aguilar
Musicians:
Jorge Aguilar: Bass, guitars, clavinet, fender rhodes, micro moog, acoustic piano
Marcus Fonseca: Acoustic piano
Pablo Matarazzo: Drums
Roldan Peña: Guitar solo
Carlos Quintero: Congas
Gustavo Aranguren: Trumpet
Nelson Hernández: Soprano, alto and tenor sax
Alejandro Pérez Palma: Trombone
WISHFUL THINKIN’
Composers: Kenny Moore, Bruce Fisher
Musicians:
Jorge Aguilar: Bass, guitar, lead vocals, background vocals
Kenny Moore: Acoustic piano, background vocals
James Gadson: Drums
Sharon Ross: Co-lead vocals, background vocals
Roldan Peña: Guitar
Gustavo Aranguren: Trumpet, flugelhorn
Nelson Hernández: Alto sax
Alejandro Pérez Palma: Trombone
Jerome Wilson: Background vocals
HOLLYWOOD
Composer: Jorge Aguilar
Musicians:
Jorge Aguilar: Bass, guitar, acoustic piano, bells, handclaps
Marcus Fonseca: Acoustic piano, fender rhodes, arp string ensemble, handclaps
Pablo Matarazzo: Drums, percussión
Roldan Peña: Guitar, handclaps
Carlos Quintero: Percussión
Gustavo Aranguren: Trumpet, handclaps
Nelson Hernández: Tenor sax
Alejandro Pérez Palma: Trombone
KENNY’S PLACE
Composer: Jorge Aguilar
Musicians:
Jorge Aguilar: Bass, guitar, micro moog, background vocals
Kenny Moore: Acoustic piano, background vocals
James Gadson: Drums
Carlos Quintero: Percussión
Gustavo Aranguren: Trumpet, flugelhorn
Nelson Hernández: Soprano sax
Alejandro Pérez Palma: Trombone
Sharon Ross: Background vocals
Jerome Wilson: Background vocals
ELLE EST TRES ELLEGANT
Composer: Jorge Aguilar
Producers: Jorge Aguilar, Hernán Michelangeli
Musicians:
Jorge Aguilar: Bass, guitar solo, micro moog, arp omni, arp string ensemble
Marcus Fonseca: Fender rhodes
Pablo Matarazzo: Drums
Daniel Benáim: Drums, percussión
Carlos Fernandez: Percussión
Carlos Quintero: Congas, percussión
Nelson Hernández: Soprano sax, flute
THEME FROM "VEGAS"
Composer: Irving Siels
Horns Arrangement: Gustavo Aranguren, Jorge Aguilar
Musicians:
Jorge Aguilar: Bass, guitar solo, clavinet, arp string ensemble
Marcus Fonseca: Acoustic piano
Pablo Matarazzo: Drums, percussión
Roldan Peña: Guitar
Carlos Quintero: Congas, percussión
Gustavo Aranguren: Trumpet, flugelhorn
Nelson Hernández: Tenor and alto sax
Alejandro Pérez Palma: Trombone
(P) 2022 Favorite Recordings
Courtesy of Jorge Aguilar
Curated by Charles Maurice
Album created, conducted and produced by Jorge Aguilar
TELL ME THIS IS LOVE
Composers: Jorge Aguilar, Kenny Moore, Marti Mc Call, Zedryk Turnbough
Horns Arrangements: Alberto Naranjo
Musicians:
Jorge Aguilar: Bass, guitar, lead vocals, arp string ensemble, tambourine, handclaps, background vocals, bells
Kenny Moore: Acoustic piano, background vocals, handclaps
James Gadson: Drums
Sharon Ross: Co-lead vocals, background vocals
Carlos Quintero: Congas, percussión
Gustavo Aranguren: Trumpet
Nelson Hernández: Alto and tenor sax
Alejandro Pérez Palma: Trombone
Handclaps: Douglas Gibson, Dwight Mc Bride, Charles Sweeting, Jerome Wilson
Background Vocals: Madelle Williams, Jerome Wilson
KAILUA
Composer: Jorge Aguilar
Musicians:
Jorge Aguilar: Bass, guitar, acoustic piano, bells, micro moog, clavinet
Marcus Fonseca: Acoustic piano
Pablo Matarazzo: Drums
Gustavo Aranguren: Flugelhorn
Nelson Hernández: Flute
Alejandro Pérez Palma: Trombone
LOVE CRUSADER
Composer: Jorge Aguilar
Musicians:
Jorge Aguilar: Bass, guitars, clavinet, fender rhodes, micro moog, acoustic piano
Marcus Fonseca: Acoustic piano
Pablo Matarazzo: Drums
Roldan Peña: Guitar solo
Carlos Quintero: Congas
Gustavo Aranguren: Trumpet
Nelson Hernández: Soprano, alto and tenor sax
Alejandro Pérez Palma: Trombone
WISHFUL THINKIN’
Composers: Kenny Moore, Bruce Fisher
Musicians:
Jorge Aguilar: Bass, guitar, lead vocals, background vocals
Kenny Moore: Acoustic piano, background vocals
James Gadson: Drums
Sharon Ross: Co-lead vocals, background vocals
Roldan Peña: Guitar
Gustavo Aranguren: Trumpet, flugelhorn
Nelson Hernández: Alto sax
Alejandro Pérez Palma: Trombone
Jerome Wilson: Background vocals
HOLLYWOOD
Composer: Jorge Aguilar
Musicians:
Jorge Aguilar: Bass, guitar, acoustic piano, bells, handclaps
Marcus Fonseca: Acoustic piano, fender rhodes, arp string ensemble, handclaps
Pablo Matarazzo: Drums, percussión
Roldan Peña: Guitar, handclaps
Carlos Quintero: Percussión
Gustavo Aranguren: Trumpet, handclaps
Nelson Hernández: Tenor sax
Alejandro Pérez Palma: Trombone
KENNY’S PLACE
Composer: Jorge Aguilar
Musicians:
Jorge Aguilar: Bass, guitar, micro moog, background vocals
Kenny Moore: Acoustic piano, background vocals
James Gadson: Drums
Carlos Quintero: Percussión
Gustavo Aranguren: Trumpet, flugelhorn
Nelson Hernández: Soprano sax
Alejandro Pérez Palma: Trombone
Sharon Ross: Background vocals
Jerome Wilson: Background vocals
ELLE EST TRES ELLEGANT
Composer: Jorge Aguilar
Producers: Jorge Aguilar, Hernán Michelangeli
Musicians:
Jorge Aguilar: Bass, guitar solo, micro moog, arp omni, arp string ensemble
Marcus Fonseca: Fender rhodes
Pablo Matarazzo: Drums
Daniel Benáim: Drums, percussión
Carlos Fernandez: Percussión
Carlos Quintero: Congas, percussión
Nelson Hernández: Soprano sax, flute
THEME FROM "VEGAS"
Composer: Irving Siels
Horns Arrangement: Gustavo Aranguren, Jorge Aguilar
Musicians:
Jorge Aguilar: Bass, guitar solo, clavinet, arp string ensemble
Marcus Fonseca: Acoustic piano
Pablo Matarazzo: Drums, percussión
Roldan Peña: Guitar
Carlos Quintero: Congas, percussión
Gustavo Aranguren: Trumpet, flugelhorn
Nelson Hernández: Tenor and alto sax
Alejandro Pérez Palma: Trombone
(P) 2022 Favorite Recordings
Courtesy of Jorge Aguilar
Curated by Charles Maurice
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Favorite Recordings is a French label focusing on Soul, Funk, Jazz and other related genres from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.
With a rich catalog combining original productions and reissues.
Founded in 2006 by Pascal Rioux aka Charles Maurice, the label quickly established itself as an international reference.
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